Lake Como

Ringed with palatial villas, manicured gardens and snow-capped Alps, Lake Como is one of the most popular day-trip destinations from Milan, and a star of the Italian lake district. Most visitors come to Lake Como via the attractive resort ...

City highlights was great, Lake Como washed out ( weather). City highlights guide was well informed and passionate about his subject. Lake Como guide did a sterling effort in awful weather conditions. Bus was so comfortable. Tour is worth it.

This was a great tour-very good tour guide. The boat ride and shopping in Bellagio were wonderful; the first few stops weren't that important to me. The boat is just a public ferry, so if you have another way to get to Como to board the ferry, you could just do that and hope that there is a tour guide on board to narrate. I'm glad I went; it was a fun day.

A great trip.. Very glad to have booked it! Really enjoyed the tour. Our guide Laura was excellent. Started commentary from the moment we boarded the bus, giving us an insight to Milan as well.. As we got to Como, first did the Funicular. Then strolled around the city with the group and then had 2.5 hours of free time to lunch or shop.. Laura has recommended a few places to eat and we were not disappointed with the place she advised, it had great views of the lake, the cathedral and the surrounding area. Then we concluded the tour with the boat ride admiring the waterfront villas which looked amazing with the mist that day.. Would definetely go back in the summer just for Bellagio which is not part of the tour in the winter days..

We like Lake Como because it is a very beautiful place. However, we don't think the tour guide really meeting our expectations:
1. English level : moderate i.e. not really fluent to be considered as English speaker tour guide. (it could be you don't have other choice :-(
2. The knowledge of the the tour guide not impressive. Looked like she's doing it for the first time and sometime we doubt the information given. Please review this tour guide's knowledge!

The scenery was fantastic!! We weren't keen on the large size of the tour though - it made it difficult to hear the guide at times despite the audio sets - especially when on the boat. The boat trip should be on a private boat so all can hear the commentary. We were on a public ferry and there was patchy reception with the audio head sets so we couldn't hear the guide very clearly and missed landmarks. We would have liked more time in Como to explore. Bellagio was lovely. Wifi on the bus was good.

Would like to have had an extra 1/2 hour in Como, because we felt rushed only in this city, but the guide, the itinerary, and the full day was very relaxing. Not having to worry about cobbling together busses, and water ferry timetables from Milan and around the lake are, because this tour took care of all that, was a blessing.

Wonderfully well organized with a wonderful/fun English speaking local guide:)! Documents in hand we easily found the meeting place and joined a ( full/immaculate) motor coach for the first part of the day. ....the drive was pretty and sights were pointed out along the way. Luckily the weather cooperated and although the end of October we were able to do the full boat ride around mnuch of the lake after some free time to explore Como (with several free hours in Bellagio midway which was a highlight for us! We did a long walk and a wonderful/leisurely lunch at a gorgeous hotel on the water-out on a sunny patio overlooking their sparkling pool and the sea-aaahhhh!). All directions/connections were clear and the views and experience much more than anticipated! The drive back ( via different route/fabulous new views)along the shore at the end of the day brought us back in time for us to take a long/sunset walk back to our centrally located hotel-stopping for yet another wonderful meal in Milan before happily retiring for the night. A VERY good value!!! Highly recommend! We will return to explore the Lake Como area in more depth next rip for sure:)! Thanks, viator!

Stunning and so interesting for the senses. Beauty was all around as we sailed on Lake Como. The stop in Bellagio was the best place to visit and have a lunch that day. Our guide gave excellent descriptions of this
region as we went along. Loved the architecture of all the little towns we visited on Lake Como. A return
visit would be a treat.

I was quite satisfied with this day trip. It was well organized, our guide was very helpful, the driver was very competent, and the focus of the trip - Lake Como - was, of course, perfect. It was a great way to see the area for the first time on a tightish schedule.